Ospreys to take Flight (Maybe)

This Deparment of Defense (sic) press release wound up in my inbox earlier this afternoon:

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway, will announce the deployment of the first operational MV-22 Osprey squadron in a press briefing on Friday at 11 a.m. EDT in the Pentagon briefing studio, Pentagon 2E579. Lt. Gen. John G. Castellaw, deputy commandant for aviation, will also speak.

So, any guesses as to when the first operational Osprey will crash? Or get shot down in Iraq? (A friend suggests they won’t even make it to Iraq, much less get shot down there…)

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4:03 pm on April 11, 2007